Hey, guys, hope everyone's fine.
I don't post here for a long time but i'm always reading the threads. This is a great group and i'm so greatful to have found cml support when i was first dx. Even though i'm not a british citizen, people here were (and still are) so helpful that i made cml support UK "my group".
Well, i'm now almost 3 years and a half into treatment and my pcr is 0.0032% IS, so i'm in great place. I have few side effects and live a pretty normal life. I still get anxious by the time of my appointments, but it doesn't las long. Cml is part of my life, but it doesn't control my life anymore. For those who don't know me, i was dx with 260K WBC, 8.1 HB, 650K platelets and a huge spleen, 3% blasts and 8% basophils. I failed gleevec very early (9 months) and now i'm taking tasigna for more than 2 and a half years. I never looked back and here i am: living life. If you're newly diagnosed and not in a great position, there's hope. You don't need to believe in god or anything, you just need to believe in you and don't complain. We lost much time complaining and worrying but life won't stop. it's better to put your chin up and live life. it can be good. Cheers.